After its longest hibernation period of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting scientific data collected in the distant Kuiper Belt, far beyond Pluto. On June 23, flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, confirmed that New Horizons,
Every month, NASA’s Earth Observatory presents a puzzling satellite image. The July 2026 puzzle appears above. Your challengeYoIdentify the location shown in this satellite image. Share what clues you see, where you think they are, and what makes this place interesting or unique to you. How to respondSubmit your answer using this form and select
Last September, JWST took this image of a protostellar jet on the outskirts of the Milky Way. From tip to tip, the jet extends about twice the distance from the Sun to its nearest neighboring star system, α Centauri.Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Yu Cheng (NAOJ); Image processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Of the black holes
Remains of an exploded star, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.Credit: NASA, ESA and F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay and L. Frattare (Viz 3D Team, STScI) The Hubble Space Telescope is a bold expression of human curiosity. Since its launch in 1990, it has done much more than simply expand humanity’s scientific reach: it
You have full access to this article through your institution. People are more likely to trust scientists when scientists trust the public and are open about uncertainties.Credit: Isabel Infantes/AFP/Getty Niels Mede is curious to know how the public views science. Last month, two different Uber drivers told the science communication researcher that they thought trust
You have full access to this article through your institution. Discharge Nature comes to books July 1, 2026 In this episode, we speak with science journalist Rowan Hooper, whose book Union: Symbiosis and the Hidden History of Life’s Greatest Collaborations delves into the world of cooperation between organizations. In the book, he argues that collaboration